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4.27 AVERAGE
4.27 AVERAGE
4.5 stars.
Survival and adventure and heartbreak and historical accuracy so harsh it's hard to breathe through. Anderson is well able to write the realities of life appropriate for a younger age, but never with a sugared lie. She so rarely disappoints and Ashes was well worth waiting for.
"Everyone was fighting for freedom, but few could agree on the meaning of the word."
Survival and adventure and heartbreak and historical accuracy so harsh it's hard to breathe through. Anderson is well able to write the realities of life appropriate for a younger age, but never with a sugared lie. She so rarely disappoints and Ashes was well worth waiting for.
"Everyone was fighting for freedom, but few could agree on the meaning of the word."
This was a very satisfying conclusion to one of the best historical fiction series I've ever read. My only complaint is that it didn't punch me in the gut hard enough (and I know--I should know better than to suggest that Laurie Halse Anderson punch me in the gut. She's really heckin good at that). For the stakes that had been built up over the previous books, certain things felt like cop-outs--no one from the previous books died, etc. But because those things didn't happen, I finished the book NOT in a state of emotional turmoil. Is that a good thing? Probably, but it felt a little too easy.
Despite(??) this, though, I'm really happy with the way the series ended, and with what I learned about a really sucky part of America's history by reading it. It was totally worth the wait, and I'm so grateful that Laurie continued with the series.
Despite(??) this, though, I'm really happy with the way the series ended, and with what I learned about a really sucky part of America's history by reading it. It was totally worth the wait, and I'm so grateful that Laurie continued with the series.